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No. 228,880. Patentd June 15, 1880.

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UNITED v STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WALTER P. DEANE, OF CANTON, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIGNOR TO LYMAN B. GOFF, OF PAWTUOKET, RHODE ISLAND.

HOLDER FOR BRAID AND OTHER NARROW FABRICS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 228,880, dated June 15, 1880.

Application filed October 21, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WALTER P. DEANE, of Canton, in the county of Norfolk and State of Massachusetts, have invented a new and use- 5 ful Improvement 'in Holders for Braid and other Narrow Fabrics, which improvement is fully set forth in the following specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings.

My invention relates to a device for inclosing a roll of braid or other narrow fabric to stay the roll and prevent the same from being accidentally unwound. and to keep in place the loose or outer end thereof, and also to as- 15 sist in unwinding or rewinding the roll when being used.

The invention consists in a frame or casing in which the roll is simply confined and stayed, while the outer end of the braid or other nar- 2o row fabric is held in place, being so constructed thatthereshallbeoneormore openings through which the roll may be grasped and the outer end of the braid or other fabric be drawn.

in the drawings, Figure l is a view of a roll 2 5 of braid inclosed in a frame or casing embodying my invention. Fig. 2 is a view of the frame or casing without the roll. Fig. 3 shows the roll of braid by itself.

It is very desirable that a roll of braid or 0 other narrow fabric as prepared for the trade should have some sort of stay for protection and to keep the coil in place, and it is necessary that the free or outer end should be so held that the roll may not be accidentally un- 5 wound. It is also important that such stay and fastening should not be so expensive as to materially increase the cost of the roll as prepared for sale. Should the device have also the additional advantage of assisting in 40 unwinding the roll readily and rewinding it evenly while being used its desirableness is greatly enhanced. My device meets all these re n rements, it being a suitably-shaped frame or L tsing, in which the roll simply rests or is 5 confined.

The particular form of the frame or casing which I prefer is the one shown, though other angles to each other.

forms and ways ployed.

Two strips, A and B, of suitable width are 3 passed as bands around the roll 0, at right The ends of each strip are fastened to each other, preferably opposite to the center of the roll, but may be at other points; or each strip may be in other ways made as an endless band. The two strips or bands are fastened .to each other on both sides of the roll and where they cross, opposite the center of the roll.

Whether the frame or casing be of the shape and constructed in the manner shown or otherwise, it is essential that there should be one or more openings or spaces between the strips or bands A and B, whereby the roll may be taken hold of, also the outer end, a, of the braid, and through which the braid may be drawn, all for the purpose of unwinding or rewindiug the roll.

It will be noticed that the roll is not pivoted. to the frame or casing, but is simply held therein, the spaces or openings in the same or between the bands being sufficiently small to retain or confine the roll for all practical purposes, whether the roll has the central block or spool, D, or the braid is only wound upon itself to the center of the roll.

I prefer to use stiff paper or card-board as the material of which to construct the frame or casing, though other suitable material may be employed.

I claim as my invention- The hereinbefore-described device for staying a roll of braid or other narrow fabric and keeping in place the outer end thereof, the same being a frame or casing in which the said roll is loosely confined, and having one or more openings in order that the roll and outer end of the braid or other narrow fabric may be grasped for unwinding or rewinding, substantially as hereinbefore set forth.

WALTER P. DEANE.

Witnesses:

H. M. DAGGETT, J r., J. N WEAVER.

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